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ahmad:19757Yazīd > al-Jurayrī > Ghunaym b. Qaysʿan Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Verily, this heart is like a feather carried by the wind on a plain. It sets it upright sometimes on its back and sometimes on its belly." My father said, "Isma'il did not lift it from Al-Jurairy."  

أحمد:١٩٧٥٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ غُنَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍعَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقَلْبَ كَرِيشَةٍ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ يُقِيمُهَا الرِّيحُ ظَهْرًا لِبَطْنٍ قَالَ أَبِي وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ